Located on the north side of Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay, the Angel Island Immigration Station is a campus of buildings that served as a processing and detention center for Asian immigrants to enforce the Chinese Exclusionary Act between 1910 and 1940. The multi-phased restoration and rehabilitation of this important historic landmark centers on meeting preservation mandates -- including the preservation of more than 200 poetry carvings that tell the story of the Asian immigrants and their time -- and bringing an important interpretive focus to the complex.

For the first phase of the rehabilitation program, TEF collaborated with Architectural Resources Group on renovations to the barracks building and park grounds with a focus on designing an integrated, open hardscape that traces the footprint of the administration building that once stood there, creating both a canvas for outdoor exhibits and a gracious, accessible approach to the barracks.